asset

noun

1 useful person/thing

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, considerable, great, important, invaluable, precious, priceless, real, tremendous, useful, valuable

▪

The teachers are the school's biggest asset.

▪ best, main, major, principal, prize, prized

▪ cultural

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The country's cultural assets should be made more accessible.

▪ natural

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Scotland's mountain areas are a natural asset to be proud of.

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A healthy smile is a natural asset to your appearance.

▪ military, strategic

PREPOSITION

▪ asset to

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She will be an asset to any school she attends.

2 what a company owns

ADJECTIVE

▪ combined, total

▪ gross, net

▪

The company's net assets are worth millions.

▪ business, company, corporate

▪ commercial, financial

▪ current, disposable, liquid

▪

Liquid assets can be sold more quickly.

▪ capital, fixed, fund, non-cash (esp. BrE), non-monetary, physical, property

▪ intangible, tangible

▪ wasting

▪ hidden

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They have hidden assets in banks around the world.

▪ foreign, overseas

▪ personal

▪ national, public, state

VERB + ASSET

▪ have, hold, own, possess

▪

assets held by the company in Asia

▪ transfer

▪

He transferred all his assets into his wife's name.

▪ accumulate, acquire, buy, purchase

▪ dispose of, realize, sell

▪

The business disposed of all its capital assets.

▪ value

▪ increase, reduce

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The company has increased its UK assets.

▪ freeze

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The courts can order a company's assets to be frozen.

▪ release

▪ seize

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The authorities have the power to seize the assets of convicted drug dealers.

▪ protect

▪ manage, use

ASSET + VERB

▪ be worth sth

▪ appreciate, grow, increase

▪

Net assets have grown to $169 million.

▪ decline, depreciate

ASSET + NOUN

▪ price, value

▪ management

▪ sale

PHRASES

▪ assets and liabilities